Police: Suspect's clothes torn off after restaurant robbery

A robbery suspect was placed on a gurney and covered with a sheet after his clothes were pulled off during a struggle with an employee who caught and detained him in a downtown Lansing alley on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017.(Photo: Barb Modrack/Lansing State Journal)Buy Photo

LANSING - A Lansing man has been charged in connection with a robbery at a downtown Lansing restaurant on Monday afternoon, police said.

David Linn Positano, 30, was arraigned Tuesday in 54A District Court on a count of unarmed robbery.

An investigation showed that Positano, who once worked at the restaurant, went into the Red Burrito on South Washington Square and took money from the register while employees were busy, Lansing police said in a news release.

An employee ran after the suspect and attempted to detain him in an alley until officers arrived.

David Linn Positano(Photo: Courtesy photo)

The suspect's clothing was torn off as he struggled with the employee, said Robert Merritt, the police department's public information director.

By the time police arrived, the man was naked.

Officers placed Positano on a gurney and covered him with a sheet. He was taken to a local hospital for evaluation and then brought to the holding facility at the police department, Merritt said.